Mandheling coffee beans have larger particles and harder beans. In addition, Indonesia’s unique local coffee processing method (the process of extracting coffee beans) is prone to defects. After the processing is completed, if the control process is not strict enough, it is easy to cause uneven quality. In addition, different degrees of roasting will also directly affect the taste, so it has become a controversial item.
Despite this, many people still love Mandheling coffee because of its unique low, dull and mellow tonality, which brings a sense of stability to the taste. For many coffee consumers in Asia, the mellow and rich flavor is also their first impression of coffee, which is why Mandheling coffee is more popular in Asia.
When tasting Mandheling coffee, you can feel obvious lubrication on the tip of your tongue. It also has low acidity, but this acidity can also be clearly tasted. The jumping slight acidity is mixed with the richest aroma, allowing you to easily appreciate the lively factors in the mild and fragrant coffee.
Mandheling coffee is well known, and it is inseparable from the Japanese people's love and pursuit of mellow coffee. In order to improve the problem of Mandheling coffee with defective beans and high skin, the Japanese will carefully select Mandheling coffee after importing it. This move was also spotted by an Indonesian green coffee merchant who exported Mandheling as a business opportunity, and he registered a coffee trading company called PWN.
PWN Company will use 1 machine selection + 3 manual hand selection of the Mandheling coffee beans purchased from the Acegayu Mountain production area in Sumatra to ensure that the batches produced reach the highest grade G1 grade in Indonesia.
The purpose of machine selection is to first screen out beans whose specifications must be above 18 mesh. The subsequent multiple manual operations are to eliminate irregular and defective beans. The reduction of defect rate greatly improves the quality of Mandheling coffee.
In order to distinguish it from other exported Mandheling coffee beans, PWN named these carefully selected coffee beans "Golden Mandheling" coffee beans and registered the name as a trademark. At the same time, as long as first-hand buyers purchase gold Mandheling coffee beans from the company, they will receive a certification certificate issued by PWN. The sacks containing raw beans exported will also be printed with the word PWN.
The golden Mandheling coffee beans currently sold by FrontStreet Coffee are all from PWN. In offline stores, you can see the certification certificate issued by PWN and the green bean sacks with the company's name printed on them.
PWN's golden Mandheling coffee is different from ordinary Mandheling coffee beans. In addition to careful selection, PWN will only purchase Ateng coffee beans grown under shade trees by small tenant farmers at an average height of between 1,110 and 1,600 meters in the Aceh Gaya Mountain production area.
Ateng variety, also known as Catimor. Ateng is a hybrid descendant of Kaduca and Tim, a variant of Arabica Bourbon. It has several subtypes, with 1/4 Robusta blood, and has super high disease resistance. At the same time, it also inherited the rich coffee flavor of Arabica coffee.
Therefore, Front Street PWN Gold Mandheling coffee beans usually exhibit a cleaner flavor. In addition to retaining the herbal spice flavor characteristics of Mandheling coffee, they also have a mellow dark chocolate flavor and a more obvious aftertaste. If you want Golden Mandheling coffee to taste delicious, it is very important to brew it with freshly roasted coffee. All coffee beans currently sold by Front Street Coffee are shipped within 5 days after roasting, ensuring that the coffee beans are 100% freshly roasted.
In order to let the coffee beans express a more mellow flavor, Front Street uses medium-dark roasting. Roasted coffee beans swell and have a loose texture. After grinding, they easily absorb more water and accelerate the release of various substances. In order to avoid over-extraction, it is recommended to use a medium grinding degree and a lower water temperature during brewing to reduce the release of bitter coffee molecules from the extraction.
Recommended brewing parameters for Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling: Water temperature: 87~88°C Coffee powder: 15 grams Powder to water ratio 1:15 Grinding degree: medium grinding (Chinese standard No. 20 sieve pass rate 70%)
Segmented water injection: Wet the powder bed with twice the amount of coffee powder to form a drum and steam for 30 seconds, then inject water in a small circle from the inside to the outside until it reaches 125g. When the powder bed drops to half of the filter cup, continue to inject the same thin stream of water into the third section to 225g until all the coffee liquid has been filtered and take out the filter cup, which takes about 2 minutes. Finally, shake the coffee liquid in the pot and enjoy~
The Pour over(V60) Front Street PWN Gold Mandheling coffee has various layers, rich and full-bodied, and a clean taste. Aroma of nuts and caramel, with hints of chocolate, long-lasting finish and high balance.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
